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There have been various notable Christian pacifists, including ). Ammon Hennacy believed that adherence to Christianity meant being a pacifist and, due to governments constantly threatening or using force to resolve conflicts, this meant being an anarchist. Other pacifists however, such as peace churches, CPT and individuals such as John Howard Yoder for example, make no claim to be anarchists. Some Christian pacifists, such as Keith Akers , have claimed that a shift away from Jesus' practices and teachings of Nonviolence occurred in the theology of Paul The Apostle . Akers believes that modern Christians would do well to imitate the Ebionites , an early Christian sect preceding Pauline Christianity . BIBLICAL REFERENCES The following verses and interpretations are used by some Biblical scholars as evidence for either Christian pacifism, nonviolence or Nonresistance . Active nonviolence
. Human evolution has conditioned us for only the first two of these responses: fight or flight." This understanding typifies Walter Wink's exegesis of Matthew 5:38-41 Matthew 5:38-41 exegesis by Walter Wink and his book, ''Jesus and Nonviolence: The Third Way'' ''Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way'', Augsburg Fortress, 2003. ISBN 0-8006-3609-0. Distinction between killing and murder
There is controversy over this text about its advocation to Not Kill Versus Not Murder . Sacred violence
Violence can be seen as a form of ritual sacrifice that Christ tried to end. René Girard advocates that Christianity is meant to stop the continuous mythological re-enactment of sacred violence. The Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary writes,
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